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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-016854"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONIT"
cik: "0000873860"
company_name: "ONITY GROUP INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:52:42.029829+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Onity appoints Robert Welborn as director; Soaries to retire at 2026 meeting

## Summary
- Robert S. Welborn appointed to Board effective Oct 1, 2025; will serve on Risk and Compliance Committee.
- Welborn is independent; background includes Head of Data Science at Meta and roles at GM and USAA.
- DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. will not stand for re-election at the May 20, 2026 annual meeting; continues as director until then.
- Board size temporarily increased to eight; will reduce to seven before the 2026 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-016854
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONIT
- cik: 0000873860
- company_name: ONITY GROUP INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873860/000149315225016854/0001493152-25-016854-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873860/000149315225016854/form8-k.htm

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